"Chances are we are going to run it 40 times," joked Edmonton head coach Danny Maciocia.

Once the laughter settled down during his media briefing yesterday, Maciocia became a little more serious.

"It is funny how these games usually work out," he remarked. "It is something that wasn't foreseen that takes place. It could be a (running back) that ends up carrying the ball 15-20 times and gets 120-130 yards.

"But we have got our identity offensively for the most part.

"It may come down to who executes the best."

In their only regular-season meeting to date, Saskatchewan beat the Eskimos 34-13 in Regina.

Edmonton put up 306 offensive yards but didn't find the end zone once in that game.

In the first three red-zone possessions against B.C. in its most recent game, Edmonton scored two touchdowns.

But there is a difference between the Lions defence and the Riders.

Saskatchewan mixes its defensive looks more than any other team in the league, according to Edmonton pivot Ricky Ray.